Debate on minister definition in grave service bill stalls amendment
Parliament haggles over who may conduct churchyard funerals with ministers or recognised preachers. Lords flag risks of widening the term and demand a clear definition, while dissenters fear religious liberty encroachment and propose local clergy or family officiants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord J. Manners
G. Gregory
H. Serwin-Sipperson
O. Moxscan
M. Beach
Bruce
Wales
O. Moraan
Cousins
Petu
J. SaLt
Home Secretary
Candlish
J. Manners
Church of England
H. Scorr
Brethren In Christ
Mowsray
Wuld
O. Morgan
Collins
H. Serwin-Ipperson
Denbighshire
Mr. Collins
House of Commons
L. Pauk
Bentinck
Disraeli
Bernal Osborne
Waterford
Norwich
Ireland
England
Tipperary
Osborne
H. M. Beach
Hermon
F. Heygate
Dimsdale
Graves
C. Duxe
H. Williamson
BowRina
O’conor
W. E. Forster
S. Narrhcore
United States
Guiapstonsg
Gladstone
Disrae